Sentences with phrase «spend under tension»

Tempo is crucial for growth because it influences the time your muscles spend under tension, and the higher the tension, the stronger the anabolic response and the more you grow.

Simply pause at full extension, i.e. the bottom part of the movement and increase the time spent under tension.

For example, when you do a two second pause in the middle of the rep, you play down the momentum, taking full advantage of the time spent under tension, and recruiting more muscle fibers.

Not exact matches

Some exercises produce a low level of tension throughout much of their range of motion with the exception of a certain point where the time the muscle spends under high tension is too short to stimulate significant hypertrophy.

Once a muscle fiber has spent a certain period of time under tension, it starts to show signs of fatigue.

Back to weight training - if you think about the total time under tension of even a SERIOUS lifting workout, you'd be lucky if you spent ten total minutes actively contracting over a 1.5 hour workout.

If you're not as strong and conditioned yet you can spend a little bit more time under tension because your central nervous system won't be able to compress as much as someone who is stronger.

You'll notice that by using a slower, more controlled negative, your stretch reflex will be slightly inhibited and you'll also spend more time under tension, limiting the amount of weight you can ultimately perform for the same number of reps.. The good thing about this method is that it allows the strongest muscle fibers to get trained.

Do more sets and reps, spending more time under tension.

«Spending time under tension is key for muscle growth,» says Jim «Smitty» Smith, C.P.P.S., a strength coach and owner of dieselsc.com.

Some of his stories wander in many different directions, and with «Under the Pyramids» he interrupted the plot to reveal the outcome of the main character's survival, completely disrupting the immaculate tension he had spent whole pages building.